Ecclesiastes 7:19 KJV — MannaFest

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

KJV

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ASV

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

WEB

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

YLT

The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.

DBT

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] that are in a city.

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Proverbs 8:14
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs 21:22
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

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Those that are truly wise and good are taken under God's protection, and are safer there than if ten of the mightiest men in the city, men of the greatest power and interest, should undertake to secure them, and become their patrons.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In short, the best way to save ourselves from the vexation which the vanity of the world creates us is to keep our temper and to maintain a strict government of our passions. He laments his own iniquity, as that which was more vexatious than any of these vanities, that mystery of iniquity, the having of many wives, by which he was drawn away from God and his duty,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), so that they are not put into any disorder by it. They consider that those they have dealings and conversation with are not incarnate angels, but sinful sons and daughters of Adam: even the best are so, insomuch that there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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